Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1989 BMW 535I

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
6
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

6 filed
0
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR Assembly
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING System
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND Associated Pulleys
    1
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER Core
    1
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC System
    1
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
98V178000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM1998-08-04

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. A MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF A COOLANT SYSTEM COMPONENT, SUCH AS A THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, OR FAN BELT, CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED COOLANT TEMPERATURE AND SYSTEM PRESSURE. IF THE INDICATIONS OF A CRITICAL OVERHEATING CONDITION IS NOT NOTICED BY THE DRIVER, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT DAMAGE TO, OR FAILURE OF, A COOLANT SYSTEM COMPONENT COULD OCCUR.

RiskIF A CRACK WERE TO FORM OR A SEAM WERE TO SEPARATE IN THE HEATER CORE END PIECE, HOT COOLANT COULD SUDDENLY BE EXPELLED, INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY TO A VEHICLE OCCUPANT.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW DESIGN RADIATOR CAP TO CONTROL PRESSURE AND PROVIDE GREATER COOLANT OVERFLOW IN THE EVENT OF OVERHEATING.

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